Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-05
kANCH LIFE OF GIRLS
Tnsg ANUS Them. elvsg by Shooting
ggoIVes-A GIr's Quick Shot.

Tnss ANUS Them.elyeg by Shooting
ggoIves-A GIrI's Quick Shot.
Dakota Tribune
"O3, yes, I was e cowboy fer four
years." said Mr.. a. B. Thomas, son Of
PaYmaster Thomas OF the Detroit, Grand
Haven and Milwaukee Railroad. al waa.
out there to look around. l was Just
eighteen, and had great fancy for west
ern frontier life. When l reached North
western Kansas, between the Solomon
and Republican rivers, | happened - get
on the trail Of hard OF stock, and was
invited 20 Join the herders. did 30, and
tor three or four days was the sOreet
voungster thst ever stYaddled Q horse
Voc zee, they Jus! i've in the saddle, am
YVES e tendeTf9ot, or pork and beans
pilgrim, as they Gail eastern boys. But
soon learned 10 handle g revolver like the
rest If them. Everybody carries q rs
volver. One needs 20 defend himself
from the wild stock, and also - defend
the stock against wolves. Any wolves
Well, l s6ould saw sO-bOth the big gray
wolf aud the COYOTES, which are prairie
wolves, smsll but snesby.
"It isn't always the pleasantest thing 20
slime, own Up, | was little scared. 1t
happened this waY-I WIS with Cieve-
land girl-tY the way, the nerviest girl |
ever saw. She had been spending someli little
time st the ranch End had learned to use
revolver. We were on the prairie when
We saw two big grays standing in the
trail. Quick as chained lightning she
drew her revolver from her belt end fired
no Ro1I H. TN1F
killing him INSTANTLY She was the least
bit frightened, but looked at it in the
coolest Wsv, and said in the most matter
Of tact voice possible, Well, that Yves
8 good shot, wesn'a it?' We got of oul
horses, skinned the animal, and took the
hide home for trophy. She has 1t now
| presume. What became of the other
On, l killed him, but l emptied severs
barrels and riddled the skin so it wa:
good for nothing.
81 also saw this lady in round.u up
What's that? Well, it's when all the
herders or cowboys get together anC
work up to common center, fencing il
all the wild animals running loose wilhiE
ecertsin radius. After they are all liz
perhaps thirty or forty grays, seventy
eight or one hundred coyoles-then the
fun commences, riding to the center, firing
and killing the animals. The roundups
bring in the boys from all sections
around, somewhere from 800 to 400, anC
you may believe there is some livel!
firing. Well, as / said, the young lad,
and friend Of ner's joined in one o
these round-ups. They were the onl,
ladies in the run, and were in charge 0
the boys Of the ranch. No more respec
could De shown TO them if they had beer
Queens Every cowboy felt they wer
especially in his care, and they wer
watched and yet allowed to shoe
I % their hearts content, and the
did shoot in great shape One cam
out with seven gray wolf scalps and 81
coyotes, and the other four gray aud te
coyotes and polecat. There is bount
on wolf scalps-25 cents for coyotes an
10 cents or 81 for grays-so the girls di
pretty well.
"Who were the girls? Well, wouldn
like to give their names. They al
! daughters of wealthy Cleveland gentle
+ men, prominent merchants, and the
might object. You see, people of tn
north know little OF the cowboys of Kal
sas. They think they are lot OF Low